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Do y'all typically run the "stable" version of Hobbit, 4.2.0, downloaded from SourceForge, or do many of you run a more recent version?
I noticed that a permission failure on /var/log/messages doesn't produce a "yellow" on my version.
Anyone have proper SUDO settings that enable the hobbit server to run fping with no password, and the hobbit clients to read a root only readable /var/log/messages? Can you just run "fping" without putting "sudo" in front of the command, if you've got the proper settings in /etc/sudoers?
Thomas
I am using 4.2.0 stable, no patches for the office network and 4.2.0 all-in-one patch at home.
Here's what other people are using: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_hobbit_Users_list
On both my servers I got complaints about /var/log/messages not being readable (red, IIRC). Can't explain why it didn't complain for you, sorry.
I don't use sudo but I believe if you simply give the permissions of the "hobbit user" to read/execute /usr/sbin/fping you shouldn't have to worry about sudo when executing the command via Hobbitmon.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Thomas Leavitt <tleavitt at unameits.com> wrote:
Do y'all typically run the "stable" version of Hobbit, 4.2.0, downloaded from SourceForge, or do many of you run a more recent version?
I noticed that a permission failure on /var/log/messages doesn't produce a "yellow" on my version.
Anyone have proper SUDO settings that enable the hobbit server to run fping with no password, and the hobbit clients to read a root only readable /var/log/messages? Can you just run "fping" without putting "sudo" in front of the command, if you've got the proper settings in /etc/sudoers?
Thomas
in sudoers, add a line like:
hobbituser ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /path/to/fping
or even easier, change fping to setuid root (chown root /path/to/fping; chmod 4755 /path/to/fping)
=G=
From: Josh Luthman [josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:15 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Version of Hobbit y'all use?
I am using 4.2.0 stable, no patches for the office network and 4.2.0 all-in-one patch at home.
Here's what other people are using: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_hobbit_Users_list
On both my servers I got complaints about /var/log/messages not being readable (red, IIRC). Can't explain why it didn't complain for you, sorry.
I don't use sudo but I believe if you simply give the permissions of the "hobbit user" to read/execute /usr/sbin/fping you shouldn't have to worry about sudo when executing the command via Hobbitmon.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Thomas Leavitt <tleavitt at unameits.com<mailto:tleavitt at unameits.com>> wrote:
Do y'all typically run the "stable" version of Hobbit, 4.2.0, downloaded from SourceForge, or do many of you run a more recent version?
I noticed that a permission failure on /var/log/messages doesn't produce a "yellow" on my version.
Anyone have proper SUDO settings that enable the hobbit server to run fping with no password, and the hobbit clients to read a root only readable /var/log/messages? Can you just run "fping" without putting "sudo" in front of the command, if you've got the proper settings in /etc/sudoers?
Thomas
I was able to resolve the /var/log/messages issue by following the instructions (with slight modifications) in the System Monitoring With Hobbit wikibook. My Hobbit is now happily reporting green (correctly) and clear (correctly) depending on the file being monitored.
Now I simply have to figure out what I want it to monitor in that file, and if there are other files I want to monitor as well. :)
Thomas
-----Original Message----- From: Galen Johnson [mailto:Galen.Johnson at sas.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:14 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Version of Hobbit y'all use?
in sudoers, add a line like:
hobbituser ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /path/to/fping
or even easier, change fping to setuid root (chown root /path/to/fping; chmod 4755 /path/to/fping)
=G=
From: Josh Luthman [josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:15 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Version of Hobbit y'all use?
I am using 4.2.0 stable, no patches for the office network and 4.2.0 all-in-one patch at home.
Here's what other people are using: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_hobbit_Users_list
On both my servers I got complaints about /var/log/messages not being readable (red, IIRC). Can't explain why it didn't complain for you, sorry.
I don't use sudo but I believe if you simply give the permissions of the "hobbit user" to read/execute /usr/sbin/fping you shouldn't have to worry about sudo when executing the command via Hobbitmon.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Thomas Leavitt <tleavitt at unameits.com<mailto:tleavitt at unameits.com>> wrote:
Do y'all typically run the "stable" version of Hobbit, 4.2.0, downloaded from SourceForge, or do many of you run a more recent version?
I noticed that a permission failure on /var/log/messages doesn't produce a "yellow" on my version.
Anyone have proper SUDO settings that enable the hobbit server to run fping with no password, and the hobbit clients to read a root only readable /var/log/messages? Can you just run "fping" without putting "sudo" in front of the command, if you've got the proper settings in /etc/sudoers?
Thomas
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T.J. Yang
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:20:28 -0700 From: tleavitt at unameits.com To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Version of Hobbit y'all use?
I was able to resolve the /var/log/messages issue by following the instructions (with slight modifications) in the System Monitoring With Hobbit wikibook. My Hobbit is now happily reporting green (correctly) and clear (correctly) depending on the file being monitored.
Now I simply have to figure out what I want it to monitor in that file, and if there are other files I want to monitor as well. :)
Should be a hobbit wiki faq/howto already. if not, please create the question and I will provide answer/procedure. (got to drag more people into hobbit wiki edit ;)
tj
Thomas
-----Original Message----- From: Galen Johnson [mailto:Galen.Johnson at sas.com] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:14 PM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: RE: [hobbit] Version of Hobbit y'all use?
in sudoers, add a line like:
hobbituser ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /path/to/fping
or even easier, change fping to setuid root (chown root /path/to/fping; chmod 4755 /path/to/fping)
=G=
From: Josh Luthman [josh at imaginenetworksllc.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 12:15 AM To: hobbit at hswn.dk Subject: Re: [hobbit] Version of Hobbit y'all use?
I am using 4.2.0 stable, no patches for the office network and 4.2.0 all-in-one patch at home.
Here's what other people are using: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_hobbit_Users_list
On both my servers I got complaints about /var/log/messages not being readable (red, IIRC). Can't explain why it didn't complain for you, sorry.
I don't use sudo but I believe if you simply give the permissions of the "hobbit user" to read/execute /usr/sbin/fping you shouldn't have to worry about sudo when executing the command via Hobbitmon.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
Those who don't understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. --- Henry Spencer
On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM, Thomas Leavitt <tleavitt at unameits.com<mailto:tleavitt at unameits.com>> wrote:
Do y'all typically run the "stable" version of Hobbit, 4.2.0, downloaded from SourceForge, or do many of you run a more recent version?
I noticed that a permission failure on /var/log/messages doesn't produce a "yellow" on my version.
Anyone have proper SUDO settings that enable the hobbit server to run fping with no password, and the hobbit clients to read a root only readable /var/log/messages? Can you just run "fping" without putting "sudo" in front of the command, if you've got the proper settings in /etc/sudoers?
Thomas
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participants (5)
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Galen.Johnson＠sas.com
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josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com
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lars.ebeling＠leopg9.no-ip.org
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tj_yang＠hotmail.com
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tleavitt＠unameits.com